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Bhairabkunda Shiva Mandir or Daifam Shiv Mandir is one of the most important Hindu temples in Bhutan.It is the only Shakti Peetha in Bhutan. [1] It is located in the south east corner of Bhutan near the town of Jomotsangkha (Daifam) [2] and it shares border with the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to East and Assam to the South. [3]
Kyichu Lhakhang is believed to have been a smaller structure when the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo erected this sacred building in the year 659, but a number of Buddhist saints and gurus added to the site until it became the spectacular temple it is today. Kyichu Lhakhang is situated between Tenchen Choeling nunnery, Taktsang and Sangchoekhor.
Uesu Gewog (Dzongkha: དབུས་སུ་), or Üsu is a gewog (village block) of Haa District, Bhutan. [1] The name means "Central Gewog". In 2002 it had an area of 67.7 square kilometres and contains 199 households.
Seeds of Faith: A Comprehensive Guide to the Sacred Places of Bhutan vol. 1, pp. 121–125, KMT Publishers, Thimphu, Bhutan 2008. ISBN 99936-22-42-7; Bellows, Keith (2008). Sacred Places of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Most Peaceful and Powerful Destinations. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN 978-1-4262-0336-7. OCLC 191922807.
Druk Wangditse Lhakhang is one of the oldest temples in Thimphu, and considered an important heritage site of Bhutan. [1] As it is located only a 40-minute walk from Sangaygang in Thimphu, it is also a popular local picnic spot and visitor attraction.
Jangtsa Dumgtseg Lhakhang [zlum brtshegs lha khang] is a Buddhist temple in western Bhutan.The temple is notable as it is in the form of a chorten, very rare in Bhutan.It is located on the edge of a hill between the Paro valley and the Dopchari valley, across the bridge from Paro.
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Changangkha Lhakhang was founded in the 13th century by Nyima, one of the sons of Phajo Drugom Zhigpo who first introduced the teachings of the Drukpa Kagyu tradition of Himalayan Buddhism to Bhutan, and who is revered as an emanation of Avalokiteśvara, The main object of reverence in the temple is a huge bronze "self-arisen" statue of the Mahakarunika form of Avalokiteśvara (rang byung ...